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4/3/2025 – Given the aphids found in some of the daylily clumps, we bought more Imidacloprid and added it to the daylily feeding drench we used (called it The Concoction) before finding the 13-6-6 slow release bought at the fertilizer plant. We left out the Miracle Grow. The 4-gallon recipe below was applied to all […]
Continue Reading3/28/2025 – Bought two roses at Ted and Nancy’s (now Ted’s Fruitstand) and replaced (a) the sickly rose immediately north of the white floribunda and (b) the one in the corner next to the bird feeder. Moved those to the Grain Bin. (a) Sexy Rexy Floribunda (MACrexy) grown by Weeks Roses. Color is Coral Pink. […]
Continue Reading2/26/2025 – In the greenhouse on her new work bench, Mary sowed 24 Better Boys and 22 Big Beef tomato seeds in ~3-in. deep 2×2 plastic pots. Positioned them on the HOSS warming mat spread on the 2″ styrofoam insulation panel.
Continue Reading2/25/2025 – The yard has a lot of weeds. Sprayed 2 qts on Front, east side, back and Spider Wort near Martin house. Should have taken 1.25 quarts in 8 gal water. Mixed more at 0.75 Qts in 5 gal that included the little the suction could not get. Going too slow??? Started at 1H […]
Continue Reading2/18/2025 From Harris Seeds Quantity1 Lavender Hidcote Blue Seed / 500 seeds / UNTREATED $2.84 Quantity2 Vinca Cora Cascade Mix F1 / 25 seeds / UNTREATED $3.42 Quantity1 Marigold Inca II Deep Orange F1 Seed / 250 seeds / UNTREATED $15.09 Quantity1 Marigold Inca II Yellow F1 Seed / 250 seeds / UNTREATED $6.30 Subtotal […]
Continue Reading1/20/2025 Ordered From SESE 1/20/2025 Poinsett 76 Cucumber, 2 g 1 $3.40 $3.40 Golden Bush Scallop Summer Squash, 3 g 1 $3.90 $3.90 Charleston Belle Sweet Bell Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $3.90 $3.90 Cayenne, Carolina Hot Pepper, 0.3 g 1 $3.90 $3.90 Sub-Total: $15.10 USPS: $5.50 Total: $20.60 Ordered from Harris 1/20/2025 Okra Clemson Spineless […]
Continue Reading9/17/2024 – Disked the garden well and all the dead weeds are not visible. We had rooted cuttings from the spring tomatoes and they did well on the deck until the week before they were put into the garden. For some reason, most of the leaves died and there were black spots on the stems. […]
Continue Reading9/5/2024 – Bought two Grape (Tami G) Hybrid Tomatoes and one Husky Cherry Red tomato in the grow boxes on the back patio. The cherry is in the box with the spring basil plant that survived the summer. The seedlings were grown by Bonnie and bought at Lowes.
Continue Reading9/1/2024 – Cut off 30% of old bear okra stalks. Larger older ones with few if any leaves had small green shoots that looked healthy given the fertilizing done a week or so ago and the inch of rain we had in the past week—first good rain since July 27. This is the first time […]
Continue Reading8/24/2024 – Sprayed Gly at 3 oz./gal around ponds and south ditch’s top of the bank from pole to east gates where the weeds did not get sprayed with Tractor Sprayed 2-3 weeks ago. This completed spraying that strip that was not finished last week when I ran out of Gly.
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